A Miracle in the Making

Maybe your miracle
Is in the next cool dip
In the Jordan.

Proud General Naaman’s leprosy
Had a cure—
Wash seven times in the Jordan,
Elisha instructed.

Why seven immersions
Instead of one?
You’ll have to ask God.

Why don’t our prayers
Get answered instantly every time?
You’ll have to ask God.

Why do we need to bless others
Over and over?
Why do we have to endure
Hardship after hardship?
Why do we need to wait on the Lord?

I bet old Naaman felt like a fool
After the fifth dip or the sixth:
This ain’t working—we’ve got
Better rivers back home!

I bless you to keep on immersing
Yourself in the grace of God.
Maybe your miracle is in the next cool dip.